Автор - Ngaio Marsh
A Man Lay Dead
Автор: Ngaio MarshЖанр: Иностранная литература
Some distinguished guests at Sir Hubert Handesley’s country estate decide to play exotic games. But when a corpse turns out to be it, the game gets vicious. In steps the renowned Inspector Alleyn, who moves coolly through this world of butlers and Bentleys to unravel a coil of scandal, conspiracy, and murder most foul…
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A Wreath for Rivera
Автор: Ngaio MarshЖанр: Иностранная литература
When Lord Pasern Bagott takes up with the hot music of Breezy Bellair and his Boys, his disapproving wife Cecile has more than usual to be unhappy about. The band's devastatingly handsome but roguish accordionist, Carlos Rivera, has taken a rather intense and mutual interest in her precious daughter Félicité. So when a bit of stage business goes awry and actually kills him, it's lucky that Inspector Rodrerick Alleyn is in the audience. Now Alleyn must follow a confusing score that features a chorus of family and friends desperate to hide the truth and perhaps shelter a murder in their midst.
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Artists in Crime
Автор: Ngaio MarshЖанр: Иностранная литература
A model murder… where a famous painter Agatha Troy, R.A., makes her appearance.
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Black As He Is Painted
Автор: Ngaio MarshЖанр: Иностранная литература
Tension mounts as Inspector Alleyn works against time to collar a vicious killer and avert a political holocaust, the repercussions of which would be felt around the world!
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Last Ditch
Автор: Ngaio MarshЖанр: Иностранная литература
As particular about her horses as she was casual about her lovers, young Dulcie Harkness courted trouble — and found it in a lonely and dangerous jump. What will her death reveal? Young Roderick Alleyn (Ricky) is the object of special interest.
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Light Thickens
Автор: Ngaio MarshЖанр: Иностранная литература
Peregrine Jay, owner of the Dolphin Theatre, is putting on a magnificent production of Macbeth, the play that, superstition says, always brings bad luck. But one night the claymore swings and the dummy's head is more than real: murder behind the scene. Luckily, Chief Superintendent Roderick Alleyn is in the audience…
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Killer Dolphin
Автор: Ngaio MarshЖанр: Иностранная литература
A glove made for Shakespeare's son Hamnet by his grandfather - is it genuine? Is it worth killing for? Is the Dolphin Theatre the place for it?
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Collected Short Fiction of Ngaio Marsh
Автор: Ngaio MarshЖанр: Иностранная литература
Essays and short stories of Ngaio Marsh, edited and with introduction by Douglas G. Greene
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Color Scheme
Автор: Ngaio MarshЖанр: Иностранная литература
New Zealand, Maoris, murder… Who is better qualified to write about them than Ngaio Marsh?
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Clutch of Constables
Автор: Ngaio MarshЖанр: Иностранная литература
While Agatha Troy Alleyn is on a river cruise and enjoys true Constable landscapes, her husband Superintendent Alleyn has to investigate a murder most foul amidst the same clutch of Constables...
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Dead Water
Автор: Ngaio MarshЖанр: Иностранная литература
“The body” was discovered by Inspector Roderick Alleyn himself, old friend of the deceased, eighty-three-year-old Miss Emily Pride. Miss Pride had been looking for trouble: the sole inheritor of a tiny island, site of a miraculous spring, she didn’t approve of the sudden flood of visitors in search of miracles. So she threatened to close the spring. And that brought her what she’d been looking for…
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Death And The Dancing Footman
Автор: Ngaio MarshЖанр: Иностранная литература
A footman should not be dancing when on duty. But suppose he does — what will be the consequences for the solving of a murder puzzle?
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